When London (and many other countries) collapsed

Rating: 8/10 (4 January 2006)

Is funny that two of the scariest and most worrying parts of this great apocalyptic movie involve just humans, not infected guys, but normal humans. One, that opening, with the activists or Eco-terrorists releasing the virus when they are trying to save the earth. And two, those soldiers trying to abuse the two girls, when its supposed they are for protect the world.
That's a very scary message. When the world is ending, not even the ones who have to protect it can protect us. This is the right screenplay with the right director and the right performers. Cillian Murphy is amazing as Jim, the hero of the story and the real core of the tragedy. What he see, we see, and what he doesn't see, we don't see.
Those first 10 very long minutes with London deserted, not a human being on the streets, no cars, just silence and devastation, are both freaking and lyrical. It shows you how it's going to be the whole movie, that the power of it's images it will be equal to the power of it's characters and plot.
Is a zombie movie, yeah, but with so hyper-realistic production design that it's closer to the documentary than to the horror movie. And that's what, at least, makes this movie so scary and horrible.